Across CulturesA Folk Tale
Instructor: Tahani Al-Hammami
What we will Learn for Today?
• Reading about a Middle Eastern Folk Tale
• Word Builder
• Sentence Builder: to + infinitive
• Talking about Tales & Legends
• Writing a Tale: Using Linking Words
• Anansi the Spider
Reading about a Middle Eastern Folk Tale
Word Builder • Talk about
• Pull on
• Look at
• Shine down on
• Go out
• Go in
• Invite to
• Come over
• Discuss
• Wear
• Watch/stare
• Emit light
• Fade away
• Enter
• Ask politely
• Attend
Sentence Builder
V. + to + infinitive (e.g. learn, plan, wait)
I learnt to swim when I was six.
V. (with O.) + to + infinitive (e.g. order, teach)
He ordered the soldier to do it.
V. (with or without O.) + to + infinitive
(e.g. would like, ask, help, prefer)
I’d like to go to the mall.I’d like you to go to the mall with me.
V. + to + infinitive
• Learn• Plan• Wait• Agree• Try• Decide• Promise• Begin• Refuse• Start• Offer
V. (with O.) + to + infinitive
• Order• Teach• Beg• Invite• Tell
V. (with or without O.) + to + infinitive
• Would like• Ask• Help• Prefer• Want
Talking about Tales & Legends
Linking Words• One day
• After that
• Later
• Before
• After
• When
• During
• Immediately
• Luckily
• Finally
• In the end
Anansi the SpiderWest African Oral Literature
Thank You!
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